Mirror backing and support



Patented Jan. 3, 1939 V i UNITED STATES pATEn'rorrieE MIRROR BACKING AND SUPPORT Martin J. Maley, Detroit, Mich., assignor to Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Allegheny Oounty, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application September 21, 1935, Serial No. 41,619

2 Claims. (Cl. 8897) This invention relates to a new construction means. The wooden supports 4 are of sufiicient for supporting mirrors and more particularly'to size to extend beyond the surface of structural metallic structures for securing mirrors in subglass sheets or tile slabs 6, thereby providing posistantially vertical position. The principal obtive clearance by the mirror support of said 5 jec of my invention is to produce a construction glass or tile surface. The structural glass sheets 5 of the character designated which will afford or tile slabs 6, so placed as to lie under a conprotection for the silvered face of the mirror. siderable portion of the mirror support when it is Another object of the present invention is to installed, are secured to the basic wall construcprovide a strong, durable and inexpensive suption 5 by means of a mastic preparation I. Cushport for mirrors which will not detract from the ioning strips 8 and 9 of felt or other resilient ma- 10 appearance of the finished installation or require terial are secured to both faces of the plate I mutilation of the mirrors. A further object of adj t the P p y thereOf- Spaced 1 this invention is to furnish a support in which porting Clips it Of hook Shape are fiXed t t a mirror may be secured in or removed from p p y of e p beefing equally the 15 position easily and quickly. weight of the mirror H. The mirror II is held 15 Heretofore the positioning of mirrors on store in v rt a position up t st u y m a s walls has been accompanied by many difiiculties. Of an adjustable Clamping er o ook In most cases, mirrors have been installed in p Said Clamping member I! s p ov ed recesses provided in the wainscoting material With a slot Permitting e a dj stme t during construction. An installation of this type thereof- A rivet is disposed through the t 20 is more or less permanent in nature, the mirror a j y Securing the p g member I? being held in place by metallic mouldings; Other t0 the metal plate ds l5 a e p a ed On methods of setting mirrors include the use of orboth sides of this clamping member p nametal bolts passing through the mirror itself Venting Side p y eofand the use of a mastic preparation. In each In Figure 3, the backing plate 1 is ct u a 25 case it is necessary to employ special tools, equipin Shape and a plurality of the us a e cl mpment, materials and workmen for the original s members ii are secured o its op e, p oplacement. Accordingly, when it is required to riding more DOSitiVe means of P t o g t e move or replace a mirror, an ordinary glazier or large Size mirror ure 4 shows a modificamechanic would not be able to accomplish the tion in Which he cushioning strips 8 and 9 are 30 task. Furthermore, in none of the structures, of replaced y a Cotton-filled rubber Welt H5 atwhich I am aware, is there provided a positive tached t0 the hacking plate I by vets l1. insulating space to protect and delay deteriora- It Will be readily ppa t f m the above de-' tion of the silvered surface of the mirror. scription at the p Strips '8 d Or in This invention provides an entirely new method like manner the Welt serve to insulate the 35 of positioning mirrors and eliminates many of metal backing plate i from the glass or tile surth disadvantages arising f om the prior methface 6 of the wall 5 upon which said metal plate ods. For example, using my structure, a broke is mounted. In addition, through the same memirror can be Very easily replaced by an ordi dium, an air space is provided between the metal nary workman employing only a small hammer. Plate and the mirror- Acc rdingly there is no 40 40 A preferred f rm of my invention is shown in metal in contactwitn the silvered face of the the accompanying drawing, wherein; mirror which might damage the reflecting sur- Figure 1 is plan vie of a, Structure embodyface. Furthermore, there is no possibility of ing my invention; Figure 2 i cti l i damaging the reflecting surface while placing the taken on line II--II of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a mirror in Position. 45 plan view of a modified form of construction; It will be understood that further modificaand Figure 4 is a, partial sectional iew of a, furtions of this structure may be made without dether modification. parting from the spirit of my invention. There- Referring to the drawing, the mirror support fore I do not wish to be limited to the specific comprises a sheet metal backing plate I provided form disclosed other than as defined in the ap- 50 with a plurality of openings 2 adapted to receive pended claims. screws 3, by means of which the entire structure What I claim is: is positioned in a desired location. The screws 3 1. A mirror and wall assembly comprising a enter wooden supports 4 which are secured to wall having a surface coating secured thereupon, the basic wall construction 5 by any suitable an opening in said surface coating, supporting 55 ceal the opening in the surface coating of the wall, and a strip of yieldable, resilient material secured adjacent the periphery of the backing plate to hold said plate and mirror in spaced relation.

2. An assembly as defined in claim 1 in which means are provided to separate the marginal edge of said backing plate from the surface coating of the wall.

MARTIN J. MALEY. 

